Confess Quote by Thomas Harris

“Don't think you can persuade me with appeals to my intellectual vanity.”

— Thomas Harris

“He liked the Leedses. He was sorry that he had been to the morgue. He thought the madman who visited them might have liked…

— Thomas Harris

“[T]here is no consensus in the psychiatric community that Dr. Lecter should be termed a man. He has long been regarded by his professional…

— Thomas Harris

“And then, the last words Raspail ever said: 'I wonder why my parents didn't kill me before I was old enough to fool them.'…

— Thomas Harris

One can only see what one observes, and one observes only things which are already in the mind.

— Thomas Harris

“She found Starling in the warm laundry room, dozing against the slow rump-rump of a washing machine in the smell of bleach and soap…

— Thomas Harris

He moves smoothly and slowly, carrying his concentration like a brimming cup.

— Thomas Harris

God's creatures who cried themselves to sleep stirred to cry again.

— Thomas Harris

“The emperor counsels simplicity. First principles. Of each particular thing, ask: What is it in itself, in its own constitution? What is its causal…

— Thomas Harris

What do you look at while you’re making up your mind? Ours is not a reflective culture, we do no raise our eyes up…

— Thomas Harris

“I have no plans to call on you, Clarice, the world being more interesting with you in it.”

— Thomas Harris

“To write a novel, you begin with what you can see and then you add what came before and what came after.”

— Thomas Harris